This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

This 500-meter-long memorial pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19 in the UK.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

A display of everyday life in the area that was unveiled during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Malta’s oldest sea water distillation building is now an architectural anomaly on the Sliema waterfront.